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Wouldn't take much to get you at the same power levels if not more than your LS1 and make it much more streetable.

Turbo
FMIC
Injectors
TGV's
TBE
Fuel pump & rails
Protune

and you'd be there and the car would be easily DD.

I think it might be stretching it to do all of that and call the car a daily driver. The definition to me of a daily driver that's modified is a car that you've added only enough modifications to so that you've had zero effects (or at least very minimal, any mod is going to affect the car to some extent) on the long-term reliability of the car. With all of those mods, you're definitely taking some miles off the engine, axles, tires, clutch, and a bunch of other stuff.

With that in mind, my STI daily driver will just have a TBE and protune, which should get me to 300+WHP and 320+WTQ, and not do a lot to affect the reliability of the car.

Originally Posted by WhiteKnightSTi

-Summer rims and tires.

What don't you like about the stock BBS wheels?

Originally Posted by WhiteKnightSTi

-De-wing (the former owner already traded the STi wing for the WRX wing, but I just love the look of a wingless STi)

Check out the Personal For Sale/Wanted forum, there's always lots of people willing to trade for a winged trunk. You might even be able to get a few bucks in the trade.

Originally Posted by WhiteKnightSTi

-Get rid of the badges (sorry, but I don't need a sticker to remind me what kind of car I drive)

I agree with you 100&#37; on this one. One big reason I bought my STI was that it had no trunk badges and the low WRX wing instead of the airplane wing. I've removed all but the little STI on the doors and the badge inside the front grill. Those things may be gone at some point too, but I wasn't sure if I wanted it completely debadged so I left just a few things on there.

Originally Posted by WhiteKnightSTi

-Short throw shifter (thinking Cobb)

Can't go wrong with anything from Cobb as far as I'm concerned. Their stuff is all I'm buying since nobody has anything bad to say about any of it. Their exhaust also maintains the stock look unlike pretty much everything else for the STI that has a big tip. If you go down the exhaust road at some point, I'd recommend the Cobb, or the Borla Hush if you like the twin tip route.

Somehow I doubt your car is going to remain stock for very long. Mine made it 9 months.

The previous owner must have had a second set of winter rims/tires, because thats what was on the car when I bought it lol. Didn't bother me at all since the rims are tastefull, and the tires are Blizzak LM-22's. The stockers probably wound up on ebay.

Check out the Personal For Sale/Wanted forum, there's always lots of people willing to trade for a winged trunk. You might even be able to get a few bucks in the trade.

Will do.

I agree with you 100% on this one. One big reason I bought my STI was that it had no trunk badges and the low WRX wing instead of the airplane wing. I've removed all but the little STI on the doors and the badge inside the front grill. Those things may be gone at some point too, but I wasn't sure if I wanted it completely debadged so I left just a few things on there.

I love de-badged cars, my Z/28 had no badges on it at all (more than one stang owner asked me why I wanted to race him in a V6 Camaro... hilarity ensued).

The only badge on the the STi that I'm going to keep is the one in the grill, everything else is getting the boot.

Can't go wrong with anything from Cobb as far as I'm concerned. Their stuff is all I'm buying since nobody has anything bad to say about any of it. Their exhaust also maintains the stock look unlike pretty much everything else for the STI that has a big tip. If you go down the exhaust road at some point, I'd recommend the Cobb, or the Borla Hush if you like the twin tip route.

I've been thinking about the Cobb catback as well, one of the reasons I bought the STi was because of the sound the boxer makes... like auditory sex

Somehow I doubt your car is going to remain stock for very long. Mine made it 9 months.

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